US 12,465,712 B2
Respiratory assembly with conduit adapter and methods of use
Stuart Heatherington, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Assigned to SNAP CPAP, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed by SNAP CPAP, LLC, Chapel Hill, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,436.
Application 17/677,436 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2020/053005, filed on Sep. 28, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,888, filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0193360 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 16/06 (2006.01); A61M 16/16 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 16/0672 (2014.02) [A61M 16/16 (2013.01); A61M 2205/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nasal respiratory assembly comprising:
a pair of sheets, each sheet defining an opening sized and shaped to fit over a nostril of a patient, with a ferromagnetic dome-shaped ring positioned at an underside of the sheet and circumferentially aligned with the opening, with an upper side of the sheet configured for sealable engagement with the nostril,
wherein the dome shaped ring comprises
a flat disc portion having a first side contacting the underside of the sheet, an opposed second side, and a peripheral edge between the first side and second side,
a dome portion having a base adjacent to the second side of the flat disc portion, an apex at an opposed end of the dome portion form the sheet and the flat disc portion, and a curving surface disposed between the base and the apex and extending from the second side of the flat disc portion to the apex of the dome portion, and
a passage through the dome-shaped ring from a first aperture defined in the first side of the flat disc portion to a second aperture defined in the surface of the dome portion at the apex;
a pair of posts, each post including a cylindrical magnetic ring, having a pathway therethrough, positioned at a first end and a ball shaped receptacle positioned at a second end with a passageway extending from the first to the second ends and through the pathway, the magnetic ring removably attachable to the dome-shaped ring;
a pair of conduit adapters having an hourglass shaped exterior and defining openings therethrough for fluid flow, a post end of each conduit adapter including a socket, each socket configured to receive and secure the ball shaped receptacle of a post in a ball and socket arrangement to form a substantially airtight connection therewith;
wherein a connector end of each conduit adapter cooperates with a channel opening of a connector of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to form a substantially airtight connection therewith.